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COMMON AND SPECIALITY CHUCKS FOR USE ON THE WOODLATHE ChuckA device which holds the workpiece on then lathe. A chuck can take many different forms. FaceplateCircular plate held on the headstock spindle to which the workpiece is attached by screws. *Chuck use Most bowl and plate forms Screwed to wood that will be turned Screwed to waste block that is glued to wood that will be turned CA glue, epoxy, or wood glue Use wood glue on both faces to be joined with paper between *Advantage DISADVANTAGE Inexpensive Not self centering Versatile – Good general purpose Jacob’s chuck Originally a proprietary name for a type of drill chuck which can also be held in the headstock or tailstock of a lathe. *Chuck use Attached to a morse taper is used mainly for drilling when in tailstock It can be used in headstock to hold a small work piece instead of a drill. *Advantage DISADVANTAGE (for mounting wood) Self centering Leaves indentations on wood Best way to hold drill Small diam. tenons only for drilling May work out of headstock Four jaw independent chuck *Advantage DISADVANTAGE Best for off center work and Difficult to center irregular shaped pieces Three jaw chuck A self-centering chuck found used mostly on a metal lathe. Four jaw chuck (Vicmarc Axminister) A self-centering chuck These chucks are often known as scroll chucks because of the internal spiral grooves which move the jaws. See scroll chucks below. Scroll chuck A four-jaw chuck, now very popular amongst woodturners. So named because the teeth on the underside of the jaws engage in a raised spiral (i.e. scroll) on the back-plate. Movement of the back-plate causes the jaws to move in or out in unison. *Chuck use Available from a variety of manufacturers in a variety of sizes Usually comes with or has available a variety of accessories for holding wood Expansion mode (into recess), Contracting mode (around spigot), Dovetail jaws, Gripper jaws, Shark jaws, Long nos